Press
Endorsements for The People’s Map
Crain's Chicago Business: What Chicago needs: A people's map
WGN: ‘The People’s Map’: Reform groups’ reimagining of Chicago’s 50 wards unveiled
Chicago Tribune: Editorial: Remaps should empower citizens. They’re empowering the powerful instead.
Hyde Park Herald: Why we should use the People's Map
Chicago Sun-Times: Chicagoans must have a voice in ward remap process
Chicago Sun-Times: Let the people vote on a fair and equitable ward map
Press Conferences and Releases
Join the Chicago Advisory Redistricting Commission
Diverse Chicago Advisory Redistricting Commission to launch ward map work with Chicagoans
(Press conference recording here)
The People Present The People’s Map Ordinance to the City Council
(Press conference recording here)
Letter to Mayor Lightfoot on Chicago’s Remap
CHANGE Illinois Action Fund & The People’s Map Forge New Path in Collaboration With Coalition Map
The People’s Coalition Map Formally Launches Referendum Campaign
(Press conference recording here)
City Council members’ inaction blocks map the people helped shape
CHANGE Illinois Action Fund statement on remap deal
Council members map another decade of broken government and politics
Media Coverage
Chicago Tribune: Nonpartisan group launching independent efforts to draw new Chicago ward maps
McKinley Park News: McKinley Park Deserves To Be in a Single Ward
WTTW: Groups Join Forces to Form Independent Commission to Redraw City's Ward Map
WLS AM: We need a fair way to redraw Chicago's ward boundaries
WGN: After backroom drawings in past, attention turns to making Chicago ward maps more fair
WBBM Newsradio: AT ISSUE: Remaps and Govt Reforms 06-13-2021
WTTW: Efforts to Draw New Chicago Ward Map Getting Started
WBEZ: Could A Ward Map Drawn By Citizens, Instead Of Aldermen, Become A Reality In Chicago?
WTTW: City Council to Start Drawing New Maps July 26 Behind Closed Doors
Chicago Crain’s Business: What's really at stake in Chicago's ward remap
Chicago Crain’s Business: 13 rays of hope in a dark time, just in case you need them
McKinley Park News: Redistricting Commission Provides Taste of Potential Ward Boundaries
WBEZ: How Chicago’s Ward Remapping Will Happen, And How You Can Get Involved
Chicago Crain’s Business: The latest on the process of reworking Chicago's ward map
The Beverly Review: Input needed on ward remap
Crain’s Chicago Business: Will a remap battle pit Asian community against Daley clan?
Fox 32: ’The People's Map' redraws Chicago, creates city's first majority Asian ward
WGN: ‘The People’s Map’: Reform groups’ reimagining of Chicago’s 50 wards unveiled
WTTW: Independent Commission Unveils Proposed Ward Map, As Focus Shifts to City Council Battle
Crain’s Chicago Business: Can outsiders get a city ward map to a public vote?
WBEZ: Chicago group pushes for independent city ward map
Crain's Chicago Business: What Chicago needs: A people's map
Crain's Chicago Business: Chicago gets first look at possible new ward map
WTTW: Lines Drawn in Coming Battle Over New Ward Map as Latino Caucus Reveals Plan
Chicago Tribune: Editorial: Remaps should empower citizens. They’re empowering the powerful instead.
Crain's Chicago Business: The remap drama dominates the week ahead in Chicago politics
Block Club Chicago: Chicagoans Will Get Another Chance To Weigh In On City Ward Remap This Week
Hyde Park Herald: Why we should use the People's Map
ABC 7: Redrawing Chicago wards map sets off battle between Black, Latino caucuses
Chicago Sun-Times: Chicagoans must have a voice in ward remap process
Chicago Sun-Times: Let the people vote on a fair and equitable ward map
Crain's Chicago Business: City remap process turns to chaos, upping odds of referendum
CBS Chicago: City Council Expected To Vote On New Ward Map Wednesday, But Public Has Not Seen It
WGN: With no new ward map yet, City Council feuding continues ahead of deadline
WTTW: ‘The People’s Map’: Organizations Create Ward Maps Made by Communities
NBC Chicago: Chicago Aldermen Face Ward Map Deadline
Yahoo News: Chicago's Black and Latino leaders clash over redrawing of ward map
Chicago Sun-Times: 15 City Council members flex referendum muscle
Fox 32: Next step in ward map fight: 15 City Council members flex referendum muscle
WTTW: How the Wards Get Their Shapes and Why You Should Care: A Voices Crossover Conversation
WTTW: Battle Over Chicago’s Ward Map: A Voices Crossover Conversation
McKinley Park News: Latino Caucus Ward Map Keeps McKinley Park Whole
Chicago Sun-Times: Put people over politics in ward remap
McKinley Park News: Development Council Advocates for Latino Caucus Ward Map
Chicago Tribune: Keep South Loop in one ward
WBEZ: Chicago aldermen make little progress toward compromise on ward map
Block Club Chicago: Concerns — And Campaign Plans — Mount As Chicago’s Remap Battle Drags On
WTTW: Independent Commission Backs Chicago Ward Map Crafted by Latino Caucus
Chicago Sun-Times: Latino Caucus forges alliance with ‘people’s commission’ on new ward map
Crain's Chicago Business: Latino Caucus picks up major reinforcement in ward map fight
WBEZ: An effort to redraw Chicago’s wards into a ‘People’s Map’ ends
Wall Street Journal: As Black Exodus Continues in Chicago, Latino Caucus Seeks Stronger Voice
WGN: Action fund, Latino Caucus team up to support ward map
McKinley Park News: New Coalition Ward Map Keeps McKinley Park Whole
Chicago Sun-Times: Latino Caucus chairman ‘1,000% certain’ voters will decide new ward boundaries
Axios Chicago: Ward remap likely heading to voters
Crain’s Chicago Business: Chicago ward remap battle heads to voters
WTTW: Racially Polarized Debate Over Chicago Ward Map Moves Closer to Referendum
Chicago Tribune: Chicago’s ward remap fight moves closer to a ballot referendum
Public News Service: Advocate: Fair Redistricting Process in IL Could Curb Power Brokering
Crain’s Chicago Business: This battle is down and dirty even by Chicago standards
Chicago Sun-Times: Ward remap referendum still not a done deal
Beverly Review: O’Shea joins aldermen supporting Chicago United Map
Crain’s Chicago Business: Everything you need to know about Chicago's ward remap process
WTTW: 30 Days Left for City Council to Reach Deal on Chicago Ward Map
Crain’s Chicago Business: Remap gives Lightfoot a real chance to lead—as only a mayor can
Fox 32: Chicago aldermen oppose suspending rules to allow vote on revised ward map proposal